Police said she was driving on Manslick Road Friday night, when Anthony Smiley crashed into her head-on.

Just a day before that, Jason Shawler was killed on the Gene Snyder Freeway when police said David Batts was driving the wrong way and crashed his pickup into Shawler's car.

Batts survived and remains in the hospital; Smiley is being held at Louisville Metro Corrections.

They are both facing murder charges, and now the county attorney is working to keep more of these crashes from happening.

Even before the two crashes happened last week, Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell said he was already working on plans to keep them from happening.

He said other counties in the state are using those plans, they're working and it's time Jefferson County gets on board.

"Do we not do enough to educate the tragedies? Do we not do enough to offer rides home? Are our bartenders not trained? What can we do?" said Shawler's friend Sonja Minch.

"I think it is just another tragic circumstance that points frequently and periodically back to the seriousness (of) drunk driving," said O'Connell.

O'Connell office is looking at longer suspended license periods, as well as an option for all DUI offenders that would keep them from starting their car engine if they've had too much to drink.

"(We're) trying to use the ignition interlock system, which is a device that is installed on the car that the operator has to actually blow into for the car to start," said O'Connell.

It would be used as part of a plea agreement.

"Using them in this position of drunk driving cases, I'm told, is widely accepted by the judges and defense counsel," said O'Connell.

O'Connell is in talks with vendors for the devices. He said the going rate runs about $250, and the offender, not taxpayers, will foot the bill.

"I think we should have visited this sooner than we are now," said O'Connell.

"It is a senseless tragedy that just did not have to happen, I mean, it just did not have to happen," said Minch.

O'Connell said in Kentucky, a DUI conviction is cleared from the offender's record after five years. After that, if someone re-offends, they're treated as a first-time offender, something else O'Connell hopes will change.

Smiley and Batts have previous alcohol-related traffic convictions.

Smiley, who is jailed on a $50,000 bond, was convicted in 2009 for possession of an open alcohol beverage container in a motor vehicle.

DORTCH. ON THE HEELS OF TWO DEADLY DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES IN LOUISVILLE....WE'RE LEARNING TODAY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON NEW METHODS TO KEEP DRUNK DRIVERS OFF THE ROAD. THE LATEST CRASH TOOK 57-YEAR-OLD ROBIN JENT'S LIFE. POLICE SAY SHE WAS DRIVING ON MANSLICK ROAD FRIDAY NIGHT, WHEN ANTHONY SMILEY, CRASHED INTO HER HEAD-ON. JUST THE DAY BEFORE ... JASON SHAWLER WAS KILLED ON THE GENE SNYDER WHEN POLICE SAY DAVID BATTS WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY AND CRASHED HIS PICKUP INTO SHAWLER'S CAR. BATTS SURVIVED. BATTS AND SMILEY BOTH FACE MURDER CHARGES...AND NOW THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS WORKING TO KEEP MORE OF THESE TRAGEDIES FROM HAPPENING... WLKY'S ERICA COGHILL JOINS US LIVE AT METRO CORRECTIONS WITH THE LATEST... ERICA? VICKI, THE ACCUSED DRUNK DRIVER IN FRIDAY'S CASE, ANTHONY SMILEY IS BEING HELD IN METRO CORRECTIONS. EVEN BEFORE THESE TWO TRAGEDIES HAPPENED LAST WEEK, BACK-TO-BACK, JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY, MIKE O'CONNELL SAYS HE WAS ALREADY WORKING ON PLANS TO KEEP THESE SENSELESS CRIMES FROM HAPPENING... HE SAYS OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE ARE USING THEM, THEY'RE WORKING AND IT'S TIME JEFFERSON COUNTY GETS ON-BOARD. ...QUESTIONS SONJA MINCH'S LEFT WITH AFTER LOSING HER CLOSE FRIEND, JASON SHAWLER, TO A DRUNK DRIVER. IT'S AN ISSUE JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY, MIKE O'CONNELL, SAYS HIS OFFICE IS TACKLING... THEY'RE LOOKING AT LONGER SUSPENDED LICENSE PERIODS...AS WELL AS AN OPTION FOR ALL D-U-I OFFENDERS THAT WOULD KEEP THEM FROM STARTING THEIR CAR ENGINE IF THEY'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK. SOT ... IT WOULD BE USED AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT. NOW, O'CONNELL IS IN TALKS WITH VENDORS FOR THE DEVICES... HE SAYS THE GOING RATE RUNS ABOUT 250 DOLLARS... AND THE OFFENDER - NOT TAXPAYERS WILL FOOT THE BILL... MINCH, WISHING THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT COULDV'E KEPT THE DRUNK DRIVER WHO KILLED HER FRIEND, OFF THE ROAD. O'CONNELL SAYS IN KENTUCKY A D-U-I CONVICTION IS CLEARED FROM YOUR RECORD AFTER FIVE YEARS, AFTER THAT, IF YOU RE-OFFEND, YOU'RE TREATED AS A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER... THAT'S SOEMTHING ELSE HE HOPES WILL CHANGE... BOTH DRIVERS IN THE RECENT DUI ACCIDENTS HAVE AN ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC CONVICTION. ANTHONY SMILEY IS NOW BEHIND BARS ON A 50 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. HE WAS CONVICTED IN 2009 FOR POSSESSION OF AN OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. AND DAVID BATTS WAS CONVICTED OF A D-U-I THAT HAPPENED IN 2004.